Mitigating fuel tank syndrome pelvic injuries - is there potential for rider worn protectors?

The results indicate that there may be potential for using pelvis impact protection to mitigate injury risk by absorbing and/or distributing impact energy that would otherwise be transmitted to the rider's pelvis. However, due to the current paucity in understanding of pelvis biomechanics to anteroposterior loading, it is unknown whether the pelvis acceleration reductions achieved would prevent injury.